The icy trenches rose around them, knee high, then waist high, then higher than their heads.

冰筑的壕在将他们围了起来，开始有膝盖高，接着就变得齐腰了，再后来比他们的头还高。

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If our tests mimic the real world, then higher bonuses may not only cost employers more but also discourage executives from working to the best of their ability.

如果我们的测试模拟了现实世界，那么高报酬不仅使雇主付出了更多的成本，而且使得经理人不能全力以赴的做好他们的工作。

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This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen".

这在招募第一代学生中造成了“悖论”，但是随后看到他们中的许多人失败了，这意味着高等教育“正在继续繁殖和扩大”。

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"If you add the fact that there is water all over the city, then the risks are even higher.

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Then as you move in, the outer courtyard, the outer enclosure of the sanctuary, bears a slightly higher degree of holiness.

然后你走进去，它的外部空间，圣所的外围，神圣的程度有所提高。

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I don't know what to--and then it kind of waffled around in London and then it shot up even higher.

不知道怎么回事,接着伦敦地产陷入低潮,接着又暴涨至更高点

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And the greater the demand, then the higher the secondary ticket prices for those schools.

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Such would suggest the silver market has put in a near-term low and prices can then trend higher.

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The stock market was choppy for most of last week, but then turned higher Friday in a more convincing fashion.

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